Key information:
* Permanent role
* 120 - 170k base + bonus
* FS consulting experience essential
* You will be a hustler - able to leverage the networks of the people around you and your own to expand the business (Financial Services focused)
* Hybrid working - 3 days in 2 from home
As a Financial Services Growth Director, you will shape and drive the development of the UK FS practice within our business. We are scaling our business and have a strong pipeline of leads which need an experienced person to focus on converting to help us continue our expansion.
You will face into the market as a senior leader representing our business, being empowered to nurture relationships and create opportunities, drawing on support from the global team. Our goal is to sustainably expand our financial services customer base, by elevating awareness of our brand, developing impactful propositions that meet client needs, and getting the market excited about our brand.
How you’ll make an impact:
* As a market maker, you will identify and approach prospects with the aim of generating leads and creating new business opportunities. Your focus is on securing successful closures of significant deals.
* As a networker, you build and nurture strong relationships within target markets, establishing yourself as a trusted advisor. Your ability to maintain and leverage high-value connections is central to your role.
* As an ambassador, you represent us at events, conferences, and within associations, as well as across online platforms. By effectively communicating our value propositions, you enhance market presence and strengthen the company’s reputation.
* As a market strategist, you stay attuned to industry trends and challenges, driving impactful campaigns into the market. You ensure our offerings remain relevant and align sales efforts with the broader business strategy.
What’s important to us
* Network - You have an active network within the UK FS sector. In particular, you are well connected with decision-makers in IT and digital transformation within the financial services sector.
* Market understanding - You possess a strong understanding of the needs and challenges of the industry. You can articulate your views and perspectives in a compelling way with C-suite and decision makes/buyers. You can have a specialist focus towards banking, or insurance, or wealth/asset management, but at least a base understanding of all parts of the sector.
* Performance under pressure – you thrive under the pressure of a sales target, understand the importance of being disciplined in approaching business development and can demonstrate how you have built sales pipeline and converted opportunities.
* Proven complex sales skills – You bring experience in consultative selling of management consulting services, you can bring this to life, explain an approach and method end to end, and have war stories to evidence your experience.
* Tech-savvy – You have a keen interest in technology and implementation-related issues in the Financial Services Industry